We 'wos 'wobbed - Australia cheated in Eurovision.
Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 5:26 pm
We ‘wos ‘wobbed – Australia cheated of Eurovision – Major diplomatic incident expected.
We had the best song, the best dress and the best voice - but I must admit maybe not the best stage performance – a bit static sitting on a cube for half the song.
The reason we know we were the best is that the professional jury vote – composers, performers, DJ’s, etc from each of the 42 contesting countries – voted Australia winner by a whopping 50% of votes over our nearest rival. A wipe-out. You might think that the vote was over, but wait for the next step. We (Australian citizens) were then prohibited from participating in the subsequent viewers popular vote that decided the overall winner, but still managed to come second overall. By contrast all other participating countries were allowed to vote in both rounds. We ‘wos cheated.
Only the ‘Europeans” could have a ‘democratic’ system where everyone is allowed to vote except for one participant country – Australia. To add
insult to injustice - had Australia won we would have been prohibited from holding next years competition in our home country (as all other winners are entitled) so the story seems to be – thanks for the song – thanks for watching and getting our viewer numbers up - you can’t vote and you can’t benefit from winning. How fair is this? A final in Sydney beats Kiev hands down and it probably beats all other ‘European’ capital cities hands down as well. Surf, sun, sex, sand, flush toilets, booze, showers, good food, no Zika virus, electricity and soap. What more could you want? Unlike a 3rd of Eurovision participants we don’t lock gay people up and whilst Ukraine doesn't bang gay people up it is an overwhelming bigoted country.
As for those in the geographically challenged UK media (the bearded BBC leprechaun for example) who have questioned Australia’s right to participate because it is not ‘European’ (the spontaneous and unironical phrase was ‘let’s get rid of Australia’) – they have failed to notice that the horse bolted years ago with the participation of such ‘European’ countries as the Islamic Republic of Azerbaijan, those great European democracies Russia, Moldova and Belarus as well as Georgia, Armenia and, of course, ‘European’ Israel - so why not Australia. Maybe European geography is not included in the European school curriculum of silly UK TV hosts? For god’s sake the final was in far from European and democratic Baku several years ago – weren’t the BBC there at the time – don’t they remember the antics of the ‘president for life’ and the prominent role in TV performances of members of his artistically challenged family? Turkey was a participant from the 70s – were where the BBC complaints then or where are their complaints now that Turkey has withdrawn because on Conchita ‘degeneracy’? When will the midget get a brain as large as his mouth?
It’s almost as if the perennial losers are afraid of a bit of fresh competition – Australia was 5th last year in its first year of competition and second (a moral 1st) this year. In any event we were invited last year and Sweden unexpectedly invited us this year so we have some friends in Europe which is more than can be said for some.
The UK abandoned the wheelchairs and incontinence pads of some previous years and participated this year with pubescent charm and what must have been self-irony. The best result in 15 years.
Good luck to the winner Ukraine with a belter of a song that tactfully avoided all direct reference to Russia’s oppression, Stalin’s forced Tatar migrations and population ‘trimming’ and ‘editing’ policies as well as the current Russian invasion. You can sing a popular song obliquely about genocide and get people to listen. Amazing! A well deserved win for a blighted country that needs some good news.
Russia didn’t win (3rd) although it did make a formal protest before the final against the political nature of Ukraine’s song and, in typically Russian style, wanted it suppressed. The heroic democratic West Europeans resisted gamely. Wonder what Moldova and the other Russian client ‘Europeans’ would have decided If they had the vote? Are these countries ‘real’ Europeans as the BBC seems to ‘think’? As I write Pravda and Russian MP’s are challenging the result and not in the same way I am. There maybe some justice in the Eurovision voting system - even if I don’t like the result all of the time.
We had the best song, the best dress and the best voice - but I must admit maybe not the best stage performance – a bit static sitting on a cube for half the song.
The reason we know we were the best is that the professional jury vote – composers, performers, DJ’s, etc from each of the 42 contesting countries – voted Australia winner by a whopping 50% of votes over our nearest rival. A wipe-out. You might think that the vote was over, but wait for the next step. We (Australian citizens) were then prohibited from participating in the subsequent viewers popular vote that decided the overall winner, but still managed to come second overall. By contrast all other participating countries were allowed to vote in both rounds. We ‘wos cheated.
Only the ‘Europeans” could have a ‘democratic’ system where everyone is allowed to vote except for one participant country – Australia. To add
insult to injustice - had Australia won we would have been prohibited from holding next years competition in our home country (as all other winners are entitled) so the story seems to be – thanks for the song – thanks for watching and getting our viewer numbers up - you can’t vote and you can’t benefit from winning. How fair is this? A final in Sydney beats Kiev hands down and it probably beats all other ‘European’ capital cities hands down as well. Surf, sun, sex, sand, flush toilets, booze, showers, good food, no Zika virus, electricity and soap. What more could you want? Unlike a 3rd of Eurovision participants we don’t lock gay people up and whilst Ukraine doesn't bang gay people up it is an overwhelming bigoted country.
As for those in the geographically challenged UK media (the bearded BBC leprechaun for example) who have questioned Australia’s right to participate because it is not ‘European’ (the spontaneous and unironical phrase was ‘let’s get rid of Australia’) – they have failed to notice that the horse bolted years ago with the participation of such ‘European’ countries as the Islamic Republic of Azerbaijan, those great European democracies Russia, Moldova and Belarus as well as Georgia, Armenia and, of course, ‘European’ Israel - so why not Australia. Maybe European geography is not included in the European school curriculum of silly UK TV hosts? For god’s sake the final was in far from European and democratic Baku several years ago – weren’t the BBC there at the time – don’t they remember the antics of the ‘president for life’ and the prominent role in TV performances of members of his artistically challenged family? Turkey was a participant from the 70s – were where the BBC complaints then or where are their complaints now that Turkey has withdrawn because on Conchita ‘degeneracy’? When will the midget get a brain as large as his mouth?
It’s almost as if the perennial losers are afraid of a bit of fresh competition – Australia was 5th last year in its first year of competition and second (a moral 1st) this year. In any event we were invited last year and Sweden unexpectedly invited us this year so we have some friends in Europe which is more than can be said for some.
The UK abandoned the wheelchairs and incontinence pads of some previous years and participated this year with pubescent charm and what must have been self-irony. The best result in 15 years.
Good luck to the winner Ukraine with a belter of a song that tactfully avoided all direct reference to Russia’s oppression, Stalin’s forced Tatar migrations and population ‘trimming’ and ‘editing’ policies as well as the current Russian invasion. You can sing a popular song obliquely about genocide and get people to listen. Amazing! A well deserved win for a blighted country that needs some good news.
Russia didn’t win (3rd) although it did make a formal protest before the final against the political nature of Ukraine’s song and, in typically Russian style, wanted it suppressed. The heroic democratic West Europeans resisted gamely. Wonder what Moldova and the other Russian client ‘Europeans’ would have decided If they had the vote? Are these countries ‘real’ Europeans as the BBC seems to ‘think’? As I write Pravda and Russian MP’s are challenging the result and not in the same way I am. There maybe some justice in the Eurovision voting system - even if I don’t like the result all of the time.
When did Australia become part of Europe?
thanks for posting
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@ Hafiz! Yes we woz!
was doing in Eurovision, but now at least we got an explanation from Newcastle. 
Who cares?!
